16th December 2022
ὉΙ ΚΥΚΛΟΙ
hoi kykloi; Orbs
LYRICS
ΜΕΡΗ ΚΥΚΛΩΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΣΕΛΗΝΗΣ·
ΚΑΘΕΝ Δ’ ἈΡΙΘΜΩ·
ἙΝ, ΔΥΟ, ΤΡΙΑ…
ΠΑΡΗΛΥΘΟΥΣΑ ἘΥΔΙΟΣ ΝΥΞ
ἘΚ ὈΥΡΑΝΟΥ ΠΕΣΑΣΑΝ ἘΙΔΕΝ·
ἘΝ ἙΣΠΕΡᾼ ΝΑΠᾼ ῬΑΓΕΙΣΑΝ.
ΚΑΘΕΝ Τ’ ἈΝΑΙΡΩ·
ἙΝ, ΔΥΟ, ΤΡΙΑ…
ἘΤ’ ἘΝΘΑ ΦΩΣ ΤΕ ΤΩΝ ΤΕ ΘΑΛΠΗ·
ΔΙ’ ἈΥΤΟ ὈΙΟΜΑΙ ΤΟ ΤΗΣ ΜΑΚΡΟΝ ΤΟ ΠΤΩΜΑ·
ἘΛΙΣΣΕΤΑΙ ΔΙΑΤΜΙΔΩΝ ΘΕΡΕΙΣΩΝ
ΦΟΡΟΥΜΕΝΗ ΤΑ ΣΤΟΝΟΥΣ ἈΣΤΕΡΩΝ.
mere kyklota tes selenes·
kathen d’ arithmo·
hen, dyo, tria…
parelythusa eudios nyks
ek uranu pesasan eiden·
en hesperai napai rhageisan.
kathen t’ anairo·
hen, dyo, tria…
et’ entha phos te ton te thalpe·
di’ auto oiomai to tes makron to ptoma·
elissetai diatmidon thereison
phorumene ta stonus asteron.
Round fragments of the moon
I am counting them one by one
One, two, three…
Last clear night
She had fallen off the heavens
Till shattered on the western valley
I am picking them up one by one
One, two, three…
There remain the glow and heat,
Which makes me think οf her long fall;
She was spinning through the hot vapour,
Wearing the sigh of stars
Collect the pieces up together,
I make a second sun,
Launch him from a live volcano
Behold him now in stormy weather,
Get charged with thunderbolt,
Raise an everlasting halo
Whatever you would find the orb is,
I wish it brightened up
All the way to help you start
Be it broken into tiny fragments,
I wish the embers glowed
And struck you in the heart
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